Okay, we’re back on the chicken tour after the October break and we’re up to week number 49! I was a little crunched for time on this week’s finger-lickin’ chicken edition, so when this ad popped up on Twitter, it caught my eye:
Dairy Queen now has chicken and waffles. We’ve had a little chicken and waffles mini tour within this clucked up journey, so this intrigued me. Plus, I did a post on the Dairy Queen which used to be Sandy’s on Sheridan Road across from Sheridan Village back in 2013.
Since then they tore that Dairy Queen down and put up a new Dairy Queen which has always befuddled me! Why tear a perfectly good Dairy Queen down just to put up another one?
Anyway, I thought this might make for a nice quickety-blickety blog, so let’s go try the chicken and waffles at Dairy Queen!
Okay, here we are at the Dairy Queen that was once where a beloved Sandy’s drive-in stood, then it was a Dairy Queen and then they tore that down only to erect yet another Dairy Queen. That still makes my head spin, but I’m going to just have to let it go.
Check out the door handle, that looks like David Crosby’s coke spoon from the ’80’s!
You order up at the counter and then they bring you the order to your table. I placed my order for the Chicken and Waffles Basket and also decided to try the Pumpkin Pie Blizzard for a sweet treat for dessert.
I went to fill up my glass with unsweetened tea and they need to check the water to tea ratio in this machine!
This looks like a giant urine sample. What a pisser!
Not a good start to this lunch, but we’ll keep moving along here.
I chose this table in the back and here’s my view from where I’m seated. It’s very Dairy Queenish in here.
They have vintage Dairy Queen photos and memorabilia on the wall over there. Quite a blast from the past.
The Chicken and Waffles Basket has arrived and my first complaint is that it’s in a box, not a basket, but like the urine tea, we’ll let it go and just keep moving along with this lunch.
I first sampled the fries and they’re typical fast-food fries. Not great but not bad either.
I took another sip of my urine tea and read the writing on the side of the cup: “I Am Selfie-Worthy. I Am Fan Food.” What in the holy hell does that even mean?
Attention marketing department of Dairy Queen: When you use “words,” it’s usually best if they make some sort of “sense.” And while I have your attention , this urine tea really kills the appetite and it’s very unpleasant to look at, much less drink. Thank you!
Okay, on to the main event, the chicken and waffles. I tried the waffle first and it had the consistency and taste of cardboard that had been sitting in a dumpster for the better part of the year.
The syrup added a sugary layer, so it was like eating sweet dumpster cardboard.
I tried the two together and it was like eating an episode of Seinfeld in a soggy and sweet cardboard box in a dumpster.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that…well, actually there is, so I stopped eating this horrible meal and moved on to dessert.
This is the Pumpkin Pie blizzard. It was sickeningly sweet and a mental image of frozen pumpkin diarrhea entered my mind while sampling it.
Thoughts of frozen pumpkin diarrhea are never a good thing at all!
And just like those pretzels, this frozen pumpkin diarrhea is making me thirsty!
But I really can’t stomach any more of this urine tea!
It’s like drinking someone’s drug test!
Chicken Rating
One Dixie Chicken—At least the fries weren’t bad. But it’s going to take a lot to wipe out the memory of frozen pumpkin diarrhea and urine tea. I think I’m going to have DQ nightmares tonight!
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4204 N. Sheridan Road
Peoria
309-685-2706
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After my fowl lunch, I met local author Chris Marchand who has written a book titled, “Celebrating The 12 Days of Christmas.” This is a unique book that details different ways of celebrating the actual 12 days of Christmas.
The book answers why the date of December 25th was chosen for Christmas and suggests that you can reinvent the holiday by learning how it was celebrated in the past.
You can read more about the book and buy it right here at Amazon.
And check out Chris’ website right here.
Great to meet you, Chris and best of luck with the book!